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We are new to the community and need some feedback. On the skinny, we brought a cash home in Prentiss, MS 39474 for $20k in July 2023 (3 bd, 1.5 ba, 1 acre). We used the “homeboy remodeling company” and the house stil...
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Hi Everyone - Looking for advice!My section 8 tenant at a property of mine in Michigan has stopped paying her water bill, ending up in an outstanding balance of thousands of dollars. My property manager has approached...
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HiI am looking to purchase a multi-unit for a child who will be attending UCLA. I found one in an area near Inglewood that might work and bring cash flow. Would love to here what everyone thinks about the area betwe...
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I am afraid! Under contract for my first investment property in Kensington Philadelphia. It’s a war zone down there but tons of new construction. Seems like the city has pushed the junkies further down into upper Kens...
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This is my first encounter with the famous bed bug situation in NJ. I have one tenant infested with bed bugs. The apartment below and above it started complaining that they thought they had them. I am waiting for t...
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Hi all,I'll start off by saying "It's complicated". I'm investor and agent, so I am doing the listings, etc. This is a 2 family: 1 bedroom/1 b and a 5 bedroom /2b unit. To make this more streamlined, I'll do dates.20...
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Hello my name is Jacob Wazydrag I joined the community a week or so ago, and have been making some moves to GET IN THE GAME!I recently have been contacting agents in the areas that I am looking into 43201, 43202, and ...
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How many responses do you get on a craigslist ad? I created a few dummy ones for an area I hope to buy in and have only gotten a handful.
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I have a tenant that is section 8. She has been a tenant for 10 years. Over the last 2 years we have been trying to get a rent increase from section 8 as taxes, insurance, and market values made have increased. We fin...
My question is for those of you that rent to section 8 tenants:
1) Are they reliable tenants?
2) Do you have to deal with more problems with lower income than with your higher end rentals?
I currently own a couple ...